Fence-staple.



W. A. ANGLEMYER.

FENCE STAPLE.

APPHCATION FILED m3. 4. 1915.

l 1 86,062 Patented June 6, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1915. Serial No. 8,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIARD A. Anam- MYER, a citizen of the United States, resid ng at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Ifence- Staples; and I do declare the followiu to be a full, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fence staples and has for its object to provide a device of this class which may be used in connection with metal fence posts, yet which may be constructed of a single piece of wire.

In carrying out the above end, the invention aims to provide not only. the staple for securing the fence wire in position upon the posts, but to equip the ends of the staple with cams, whereby they may be forced toward each other when the staple is being driven into the post or rather into the openings with which the post is provided, this being expedient for reasons to appear.

With the above in view, the invention resides in the specific construction herein described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion of a fence post, showing a staple about to be engaged therewith; Fig. 2 is a similar view after the staple has been driven; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the staples.

In this drawing, constituting a part of the application, a portion of a hollow metal post P is shown as having a pair of spaced elongated vertically alined openings 0, a wire W being also shown, this wire being adapted to be secured to the post as will be readily understood.

As "will be inferred from the foregoing,

the staple S for securing the wire to the post,

larly outwardly in op osite directions as seen at 2 and then continued rearwardly to verge at their free ends. The distance between the free ends of the cam 3 is greater than the distance between the ,opposite walls of the openings 0. By this construction, when sald stacple is positioned as seen in Fig. l of the rawing, the two cams 3 contact with the walls of the openings 0 whereupon a blow with a hammer or other tool w1ll force the staple toward the 0st, thus moving its two arms 1 toward eac other to an extent great enough to allow the cams 3 to pass through the openings 0, whereupon the resillency of said arms will cause them to spring outwardly to the position seen in Fig. 2, in which position thelr free ends contact with the inner side of the post, thereby effectivel preventing removal of the staple until sai arms are again compressed by an appropriate tool.

Particular emphasis is laid u on the provision of the two cams 3 formed as integral parts of the staple S, since without the use of such cams, it would be necessary to first compress or move the two arms 1 toward each other, before they could be inserted through the openings 0, but by the provision of such cams, it is unnecessary to so compress said arms, since said cams perform this function in the manner before set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that a very simple andinex pensive article has been provided for carry- Patented J1in'e'6, 191 6.

ing out the objects of the invention, yet that such article will be very efiicient in operation and will be exceedingly easy to apply.

I claim The combination with a hollow fence post having spaced elongated vertically alined openings therein, of a fastener formed of a resilient wire bent semi-circularly upon itself at its center to receive a fence wire and hold the same against the narrow portion of the post between said openings, a pair of straight arms extending from said semi-circular central portion of said wire, said arms converging at their free ends and being equal in length to the thickness of said post, the free ends of the former being bent semi-circu larly outwardly upon themselves in opposite directions to provide a pair of cams, the latter diverging at their free ends and being spaced by a distance greater than the distance between the opposite remote walls ofthe opemngs in said post, the outer sides of said cams engaging the opposite remote walls of said openings and contracting said arms when the latter are inserted therein, the free ends of said cams engaging the inner side of said post when said arms have been inserted through said openings, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIARD A. ANGLEMYER. witriissei: D

IEHL, W. E. Dress. 

